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Letters to the Editor: Organ scandal

I WAS absolutely livid when I read Brenda Power’s attempt to combine the issues of abortion and the organ retention scandal (Comment, last week).

But as I read more of her article, I realised that what happened to my stillborn children after death was just as barbaric as what happens to the bodies of babies that are aborted.

My son’s organs were left on a hospital shelf for 15 years and my daughter’s organs were incinerated as hospital waste, the practice in abortion clinics and hospitals worldwide.

Before I discovered my childrens’ fate, I took comfort in the fact that they had a loving burial. I trusted that they were treated by hospital staff with the dignity that all humans deserve, but I was wrong.

I object to Power’s use of the word “we” when she writes about the “liberty we demand”. I do not demand a liberty that allows